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Roger R.B. Leakey is an independent scientist and consultant based in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular focus on forestry, plant science, horticulture, and ecological systems. Leakey's research output includes diverse topics that touch on agriculture, rural development, and sustainability.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • African Botany and Ecology Studies
  • Agriculture and Rural Development Research
  • Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Seed and Plant Biochemistry

Leakey has published extensively with notable contributions appearing in the following venues:

  • Sustainability
  • Nature Food
  • Trends in Horticulture
  • Forests Trees and Livelihoods

Selected recent papers include:

  • The Future of Food: Domestication and Commercialization of Indigenous Food Crops in Africa over the Third Decade (2012-2021), 2022, Sustainability
  • A re-boot of tropical agriculture benefits food production, rural economies, health, social justice and the environment, 2020, Nature Food
  • African Lives Matter: Wild Food Plants Matter for Livelihoods, Justice, and the Environment-A Policy Brief for Agricultural Reform and New Crops, 2021, Sustainability
  • 'Land Maxing': Regenerative, Remunerative, Productive and Transformative Agriculture to Harness the Six Capitals of Sustainable Development, 2025, Sustainability
  • Revisiting phase change: Ontogenetic and physiological ageing in vegetative propagation, 2024, Trends in Horticulture

Leakey's frequent collaborators include:

  • Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi
  • Marie-Louise Avana
  • Nyong Princely Awazi
  • Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo
  • Prasad S. Hendre

In addition to journal articles, Leakey has contributed to book publications. Notable works include:

  • Trees, tree genetic diversity and the livelihoods of rural communities in the tropics, published by FAO eBooks in 2020
  • Living With the Trees of Life, published by CABI eBooks in 2024

Best Publications

  • Tropical Trees as Living Systems

    R. R. B. Leakey;P. B. Tomlinson;M. H. Zimmermann

  • Agriculture at a Crossroads

    E. Toby Kiers;Roger R. B. Leakey;Anne-Marie Izac;Jack A. Heinemann

  • Deliberate Introductions of Species: Research Needs Benefits can be reaped, but risks are high

    John J. Ewel;Dennis J. O'Dowd;Joy Bergelson;Curtis C. Daehler

  • Potential for novel food products from agroforestry trees: a review

    R.R.B Leakey

  • Agroforestry Tree Products (AFTPs): Targeting Poverty Reduction and Enhanced Livelihoods

    Roger R.B. Leakey;Zacharie Tchoundjeu;Kathrin Schreckenberg;Sheona E. Shackleton

  • Tree domestication in tropical agroforestry

    A. J. Simons;R. R. B. Leakey

  • The domestication and commercialization of indigenous trees in agroforestry for the alleviation of poverty

    R. R. B. Leakey;A. J. Simons

  • Trees, soils, and food security

    Pedro A. Sanchez;Roland J. Buresh;Roger R. B. Leakey

  • Agroforestry and the Mitigation of Land Degradation in the Humid and Sub-humid Tropics of Africa

    P. J. M. Cooper;R. R. B. Leakey;M. R. Rao;L. Reynolds

  • Definition of agroforestry revisited

    Roger R.B. Leakey

  • The mahogany shoot borer: prospects for control

    A.C. Newton;P. Baker;S. Ramnarine;J.F. Mesén

  • Low-technology techniques for the vegetative propagation of tropical trees.

    Roger R.B. Leakey

  • Vegetative propagation of Prunus africana: effects of rooting medium, auxin concentrations and leaf area

    Z. Tchoundjeu;M. L. Avana;R. R. B. Leakey;A. J. Simons

  • Improving Livelihoods and Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa through the Promotion of Indigenous and Exotic Fruit Production in Smallholders' Agroforestry Systems: A Review

    Ramni H. Jamnadass;Ian K. Dawson;Steven Franzel;R.R.B. Leakey;R.R.B. Leakey

  • Land use transformation in Africa: three determinants for balancing food security with natural resource utilization

    Pedro A Sanchez;Roger R.B Leakey

  • Why tree-crop interactions in agroforestry appear at odds with tree-grass interactions in tropical savannahs

    C. K. Ong;R. R. B. Leakey

  • PHYSIOLOGY OF VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION

    Roger Rb Leakey

  • The participatory domestication of West African indigenous fruits

    R.R.B. Leakey;K. Schreckenberg;Z. Tchoundjeu

  • Vegetative propagation of Milicia excelsa by leafy stem cuttings: effects of auxin concentration, leaf area and rooting medium

    D.A. Ofori;A.C. Newton;R.R.B. Leakey;J. Grace

  • Physiological studies for tropical tree improvement and conservation. Factors affecting root initiation in cuttings of Triplochiton scleroxylon K. Schum.

    R.R.B. Leakey;V.R. Chapman;K.A. Longman

  • DIVERSIFICATION OF TREE CROPS: DOMESTICATION OF COMPANION CROPS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

    R. R. B. Leakey;Z. Tchoundjeu

  • International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD): Agriculture at a Crossroads, global summary for decision makers

    N. Beintema;Deborah A. Bossio;F. Dreyfus;M. Fernandez

  • Indigenous fruit trees in the tropics : domestication, utilization and commercialization

    F. K. Akinnifesi;R. R. B. Leakey;O. C. Ajaui;G. Sileshi

  • Tropical trees: the potential for domestication and the rebuilding of forest resources

    R. R. B. Leakey;A. C. Newton

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian C. Newton
Adrian C. Newton James Hutton Institute
Gudeta W. Sileshi
Gudeta W. Sileshi University of KwaZulu-Natal
Mark W. Rosegrant
Mark W. Rosegrant International Food Policy Research Institute
Hans Hurni
Hans Hurni University of Bern
Ian K. Dawson
Ian K. Dawson Scotland's Rural College
Sheona Shackleton
Sheona Shackleton University of Cape Town
Deborah A. Bossio
Deborah A. Bossio The Nature Conservancy
John Grace
John Grace University of Edinburgh
Colin E. Hughes
Colin E. Hughes University of Zurich
Pedro A. Sanchez
Pedro A. Sanchez University of Florida

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